James McGirk

Workshopping the Writing Program
Wed, Oct 25, 2006, 12:00am

Whether we're nibbling complimentary Oreos, thumbing through two-year-old copies of The New Yorker, catching our breath on those smelly couches, or just sneering at you young-uns bounding up the stairs, there seems to be an overabundance of those of us in the School of General Studies roaming the

The Protestors and Other Bloodsuckers
Wed, Oct 11, 2006, 12:00am

My girlfriend's dad's ashes are in our fridge, next to the Steak-Ums. We're keeping his cremains on ice until we're sure all the bug eggs are dead. The handmade box he made that we were keeping him in had to go.

Who, Who, Who Will Feed the Owls?
Wed, Sep 27, 2006, 12:00am

Hot on the heels of President Bollinger's splendid announcement that Columbia is eliminating loans for, oh, what seems like everyone but us here at the School of General Studies, came a meek little squawk from our very own owl-in-chief, Dean Awn.

Coming in From the Cold
Wed, Sep 13, 2006, 12:00am

As non-traditional students at an Ivy League college, we here at the School of General Studies admit that, somehow, somewhere, something went wrong. Otherwise, why would we come back to school in the first place?

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